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H.R. 250 — To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the Capitol.

42%becomes law moderate confidencepending: Senate passed_one_chamber

To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a statue of B… — through the House, now needs 60 in the Senate: P(≥60) 59% puts enactment at 42%.

passed the House
42%
downstream: Senate + President
=
42%
becomes law

If it reaches the floor

majority
60 (cloture)

Projected 68 yea of 100 voting; 90% interval 41–96 (quartiles 55–86). Intervals are backtest-verified to cover ~90%.

Filibusterable: the realistic Senate line is 60 votes — P(≥60) = 59% (simple-majority P = 90%).

By floor procedure

No vote is scheduled, so the headline marginalizes over how the Senate would take it up; the branches:

ProcedureLikelihood Projected yeaPasses
conference19% 70 [42–97] 91%
passage81% 68 [41–96] 90%

Receipts

Sponsor: Chrissy Houlahan (D). Latest action (2025-02-27): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Full record: Congress.gov.

Forecast run predict-20260606T193507Z · models member-vote-1.0.0-t117d118-20260606 + passage-1.0.0-t117d118-20260606 · conditional whip forecasts for the Senate run at moderate confidence (why).